House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2022
- Committee actionJul 20, 2022
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2022 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2022 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7618.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7618, a bill to designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial” on September 16, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 20, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 16, 2022 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58483
- CBO publication date
- September 16, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7618, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-470 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 19, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2022 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/470
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7618, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 70, April 28, 2022, Page H4609):Article I Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2022 ↗
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- H.R. 7618, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
29 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 21 Democrats
8 of 29 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Mike Carey (R-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), David Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Michael Turner (R-OH), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shontel Brown.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.